Canada's highest court will determine if the province of Quebec can enforce a 2019 law banning public officials in authority positions from wearing religious symbols while on duty.
The Supreme Court of Canada decided last Thursday that it will hear an appeal in the case of English Montreal School Board, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, et al.
The high court did not include additional comment on the decision to hear the appeal but noted that Justice Mahmud Jamal "took no part in the judgment."
Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette and Jean-François Roberge, the minister responsible for secularism, issued a joint statement saying they will defend the law "until the end."
"It is primordial, even vital, for Quebec to be able to make its own choices, choices that correspond to our history, to our distinct social values and the aspirations of our nation," stated the government ministers, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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The Supreme Court of Canada decided last Thursday that it will hear an appeal in the case of English Montreal School Board, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, et al.
The high court did not include additional comment on the decision to hear the appeal but noted that Justice Mahmud Jamal "took no part in the judgment."
Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette and Jean-François Roberge, the minister responsible for secularism, issued a joint statement saying they will defend the law "until the end."
"It is primordial, even vital, for Quebec to be able to make its own choices, choices that correspond to our history, to our distinct social values and the aspirations of our nation," stated the government ministers, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Canada's top court to rule if Quebec can ban public officials from wearing religious symbols
Canada s highest court will determine if the province of Quebec can enforce a 2019 law banning public officials in authority positions from wearing religious symbols while on duty
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